A former Apple engineer will serve time in prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets related to the company’s self-driving car technology, also known as Project Titan. In this respect reports HypeBeast edition.
Xiaolan Zhang was first charged by the FBI in 2018. She worked on Project Titan, but at one point went on paternity leave. When the vacation ended, Zhang said he would not return to Apple and instead started a new job at an autonomous car startup in China.
Apple conducted its own investigation into Zhang’s departure; This also meant reviewing the activities on the study devices. It was revealed that the employee had stolen several copies of files he had worked on during his tenure at Apple; These include a plan for a driverless car.
Although Zhang pleaded not guilty when first charged in 2018, he changed his plea four years later. A judge in California sentenced the engineer to 120 days in jail followed by three years of probation. He will also have to pay a $146,984 fine to Apple.
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